Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Career paths are not one-size-fits-all, yet in emerging markets, it's often assumed that microfinance — the use of small loans to foster self-reliant small businesses in a community setting — is the only path for women seeking economic opportunity. Microfinance was one issue that we considered.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Companies as diverse as AIG, Disney, and Intuit have been building innovation teams, launching “accelerator” programs to attract promising startups, and giving employees seed funding to test out new ideas with real customers. Market share, cost reductions, and profit margins of new businesses are examples of impact metrics.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. Here are a few suggestions: Lead by Example.

CEO 13

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

Inclusive growth has become the economic development mantra for both Indian politicians and CEOs in recent months. Recently, for instance, DuPont India's entire Indian leadership completed an immersion program in hinterland India with guidance from MART , a rural marketing consultancy.

Business Model 15

Business Model Bottom-up Entrepreneur Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

The 'iPods' of poverty alleviation and literacy have likely been invented and put to use by small organizations in some corner of the globe, but there is no market for identifying these breakthrough ideas and ensuring widespread adoption.". We worked with a diverse network of partners as part of PopTech's Innovation Accelerator program.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The mindset reflects an understanding of how the visible and invisible hands of the market can work, interacting with a plan for leaders to become less interventionist, as the elements of the ecosystem take root. Thus, designing one is an engineering task.

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Incubator Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

“You’re not giving others the opportunity to grow and develop strength and breadth.” Playing favorites also dents your own professional development. If there’s a person on your team who you just can’t stand, Sutton says you must “do the best you can to develop empathy for that person.”

Management 12

Management Video Team Case Study 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

According to my current research at Harvard on innovation models in global companies across diverse sectors, these types of projects fail between 70% and 90% of the time.This should be a deeply troubling, motivating statistic. The client company then refines these concepts and prototypes and takes them to market. A Different Approach.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Entrepreneur Constraint 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Jessica Sklar, then the band’s intern and now Machine Shop’s Chief Strategy Officer, evolved the online discussions into in-person meet-ups and events at concerts, developing what came to be known as the “Linkin Park Underground.” of course). I met the band at this inflection point. Photo by Lorenzo Errico.

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The invention of modern transistors, the adoption of standardized shipping containers, and the advent of low-cost assembly lines in East Asia lowered costs and created larger markets for televisions and radios, setting the stage for an Asian manufacturing powerhouse. By the time that substantial U.S. By the time that substantial U.S.

Innovation 11

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Trend lines, market sizing, and competitive benchmarks that served companies well during periods of gradual market evolution do little good in industries where new technologies create seismic shifts, demand is uncertain, and rivals emerge from left field. Heins needs to pay attention up front to defining the challenges carefully.

Strategy 15

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 15

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The index includes factors such as the educational infrastructure in each country, their ability to provide finance to entrepreneurs, the legal framework around business creation and development, and general ease of doing business common across both indices. Developing business skills. ” Spreading the net.

Entrepreneur 59

Entrepreneur Incubator Human Capital Education 59

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Qatar Foundation Research, Development and Innovation strives to develop innovative solutions, both for the unique challenges faced by the nation, but also those of the wider world. Norway benefits from free movement from across the EU, and while not without hurdles for non-EU citizens, is a diverse and welcoming country.

Resources 90

Resources Innovation GDP Education 90

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more. A portfolio approach can take many forms.

Innovation 13

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

based venture capitalists about my plans to move my family out to Singapore to oversee Innosight’s nascent investment and incubation arm. But the conditions seemed to be ripe for one to develop. That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

To create a system that is more democratic, responsible, and fair, they run an accelerator program that supports new business models that could bring diversity to the financial system. Supporting activists to develop new campaign strategies that can build the capacity of NGO’s, as Campaign Lab does in the U.K.

System 8

System Incubator Supply Chain NGO 8